"On January 27 of the fifth year of Xingqian (1668), for Newton, Hooke and others who came to the Ming Dynasty from the other side of the world, they did not know what the future would look like, and what kind of achievements they would create in this strange land, but at that time, even the children who accompanied the group could feel that this was a moment worthy of being recorded in history - at this moment, the Eastern and Western civilizations came together for the first time since Caesar put on silk and appeared in the Senate. This will be a day that will go down in history forever. ”

"Western Ocean"

For Newton and Hooke, who ushered in 1668 on the sea and spent the New Year of the Ming Dynasty in the port, after the merchant ship docked in Xiamen and spent the New Year of the Ming Dynasty there, the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty and the development of Chinese civilization continued to impact this group of scholars from Europe. In fact, on the day when merchant ships were customary to dock in Xiamen, when sailors rejoiced in the arrival of the New Year, and when firecrackers and fireworks were everywhere throughout the city, the scholars on these ships even felt that they had arrived on another planet – of course, they did not have this concept of science fiction.

But the impact on them is no less than the impact of being in an alien world. Although they had already come into contact with the Ming Dynasty as early as in Xiping City, they had already felt the East in Nantianmen. Even from that time onwards, some scholars with a slight talent for the language even learned some Chinese on board.

But it wasn't until in Xiamen that they really came into contact with the Han people for the first time, Han scholars, and the head of Siming Academy in Xiamen immediately took the initiative to send out an invitation after learning that there was a group of scholars from Europe on the "Feixiang", that is, in Siming Academy, the civilizations of the East and the West took the initiative to communicate for the first time.

Although Siming College is not good at internships, the professors in the college who are good at practical learning are still enthusiastic about academic exchanges with these European guests, although their achievements in mathematics, physics and chemistry are far from comparable to Newton, Hooke, Nicolas Bernoulli and others, but their academic achievements still surprise European guests, after all, this is ...... The borders of the empire! When they learned that there were hundreds of academies like Siming Academy in Daming, everyone was stunned. It was also from this day that the Han Chinese, among Asians, became a symbol of civilization in the eyes of these European scholars.

"The men and women of this country have a very good physique, well-proportioned and beautiful, slightly taller, the people here are dashing and courteous, and their scholars are all wise, calm and elegant...... Quite affluent and prosperous, impressive in every way...... It's a paradise when Europe is full of astonishing poverty, ragged people, and people have to fight for garbage to wrap their stomachs...... The most surprising thing is that in every village in this country, there is a school that teaches children all kinds of knowledge...... When our children see the world with confused eyes, their children have understood the world......"

The unprecedented shock greatly shocked the passengers on this ship, whether they were British, French or Italians, who were shocked by the first reception in Xiamen. In addition to the shock, the Ming and the Han people still left a good impression on them. And this impression led them to quickly divide the Orientals into two kinds, the barbaric and uncivilized Tatars, and the noble and civilized Han Chinese. They will no longer confuse the two, and they also know that it is these noble and civilized Han Chinese who have created the most dazzling oriental civilization in the world.

On the subsequent voyage, they also learned about the "Jiashen Heavenly Change" twenty-four years ago, and they were all shocked by the destruction and massacre of civilization by the barbarism. Hundreds of millions of people have died under the butcher's knives of alien races, and for more than a decade, the people of this country have been enslaved by barbarians. Until ten years ago, it was from Siming Prefecture, from here, that the surname of the country launched the Northern Expedition, saved the country, and finally realized the Zhongxing of the Ming Dynasty.

Trillions of people were killed!

On New Year's Day, all Europeans were shocked to see the countless crowds surging through the streets like a tidal wave, and it was hard to imagine how much population the country would have had without the Manchu massacre. Of course, it is precisely because of this that these Europeans really learned about the East, and they found that both the Han and Europe hated the brutality and barbarism of the Tatars, and the so-called "Yellow Peril" was not the Han Chinese, but the description of the Tatars, but the Europeans had not experienced the "Yellow Peril" for hundreds of years, but the Ming Dynasty had just broken free from the "Yellow Peril" a few years ago. Undoubtedly, the term "yellow peril" does not refer to the Han Chinese.

Only a high degree of civilization belonged to the Han Chinese, and of course, they were naturally hostile to the Tatars of the Manchu Qing because they had destroyed civilization. At the same time, they secretly rejoiced that civilization had not been conquered again by barbarism!

For the world, this is undoubtedly lucky.

Although later on the ship, Zhang Liqiang also admitted to them that the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty still occupied there, and the Ming Dynasty had not yet recovered Shaanxi, and the Zhongxing of the Ming Dynasty was still very high. This explanation mitigates some of the impact. After all, from the day they came to Daming, they felt that everything here was perfect, like "heaven", at least for now, which shows that heaven is not perfect.

At most, that is, the Celestial Empire...... Nothing more.

In the face of the impact from the Ming Dynasty, these Europeans on the ship even involuntarily began to call the country "Celestial Empire" like the Ming people, and they even had worries about their future, they were worried about whether they could find a job in the Ming Dynasty.

However, before this group of Europeans could adapt to the impact of Xiamen, a "small border city", the fleet had already planned to sail to the north of the Ming Dynasty, but unlike the plan, they were going to Yangzhou - in order to avoid the dark sands in the coastal areas of the north of the Yangtze River, so the fleet would enter the Yangtze River and go by land from Yangzhou to Zhongdu, the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

There are three capitals in the Ming Dynasty!

Although surprised, it seemed that they were more acceptable to this, at least in the eyes of many of them, the vastness of the Ming Dynasty made it necessary for them to have several capitals, otherwise it was difficult for them to imagine how such a large country would be governed.

Due to the smooth wind, it took only ten days for the fleet to reach the mouth of the Yangtze River and then enter the port of Wusong. Sailing so far, they found that the territory of the Ming Dynasty was far beyond their imagination, especially when they learned that thousands of miles to the north were also the land of the Ming Dynasty, and all of them were astonished.

On the way from Wusongkou to the Yangtze River upstream from Wusongkou to Yangzhou, the most prosperous place in the Ming Dynasty - Jiangnan, was straightforwardly presented in front of Europeans.

After all, in this cold winter, the tentacles on both sides of the Yangtze River - countless natural or artificial rivers have been frozen, and winter is the off-season for inland river transportation, but even so, they still saw a fast multi-pulp ship sailing in the river and witnessed the prosperity on both sides of the Yangtze River.

Of course, what surprised the Europeans even more was the dense watermills on both sides of the Yangtze River, which powered the factories on both sides of the river, and all the scholars were intrigued by the fact that the waterwheels drove the machines of the factories, the yarn machines of the yarn mills, and the looms of the cloth mills, and they were eager to go to the shore immediately to see how the Han people spun and weave cloth with water power.

It wasn't until they arrived in Yangzhou that they saw a scene in a huge factory where the power of several large waterwheels was transmitted through the earth shaft to the workshops, each of which had hundreds of machines and hundreds of female workers operating the machinery.

"This factory produces as much yarn as the whole of the UK in a year!"

Several scholars of economics who accompanied them all swore that they were shocked, and even felt a little dizzy when they learned that there were dozens of such yarn factories in Daming, everything here was so surprising.

And this kind of impact, for these Europeans, is like a shadow, even to Yangzhou "Closed Garden", which once belonged to the Zheng family, is now His Majesty's private business, although it is a cold winter, these Europeans are still attracted by the scenery here, these guests after a long sea voyage, finally really set foot on land, are all immersed in the oriental garden.

Although the lake in the garden has been covered with a thick layer of ice, the towers and waterfronts, the stone bridges and winding paths, still make these people indulge in it, for Newton, he has even completely forgotten England, at this time, he is immersed in a kind of joy - Catherine is pregnant!

Here, he saw the ghostly methods of the Ming doctors, and by mere mere the number of pulses, he concluded that Catherine was pregnant, and there was no doubt that it was his child.

"Catherine, dear, we will live here, believe me, we will be very happy......"

While admiring the royal garden with Catherine, Newton assured her,

"I have received a guarantee from Mr. Zhang that if I can show my knowledge to the professors of Qinghe College, and get their approval, I can become a scholar there, not only with an income of 1,200 taels a year, or more than 300 pounds, but also with research grants, and believe me, we will live a more prosperous life here than in the UK!"

"Really?"

Catherine was also surprised by the sheer amount of the income, and asked in disbelief.

"Is this true?"

"Of course!"

Newton nodded vigorously and looked at the rockery in the lake and said.

"This is the same Celestial Empire as heaven, and we and our children will be happy......"

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